Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 1, No. 46. Monday, 3 Sep 1990.
(1) Date: Fri, 31 Aug 90 20:05:38 EDT (34 lines)
From: "Michael S. Hart" <HART@UIUCVMD>
Subject: Re: SHK 1.0044 Addressing Messages for SHAKSPER
(2) Date: Mon, 03 Sep 90 16:26:58 EDT (22 lines)
From: Ken Steele <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Subject: Addressing Mail to SHAKSPER
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Date: Fri, 31 Aug 90 20:05:38 EDT
From: "Michael S. Hart" <HART@UIUCVMD>
Subject: 1.0044 Addressing Messages for SHAKSPER
Comment: Re: SHK 1.0044 Addressing Messages for SHAKSPER
On Fri, 31 Aug 90 18:00:22 EDT you said:
[ . . . ]
>A number of ambiguously public/private messages have arrived in my
>mail lately, so I would like to reiterate my request that any messages
>intended for redistribution on the SHAKSPER conference, and particularly
>any messages which might appear to be private mail but aren't, be
>directed to <SHAKSPER@utoronto> rather than <KSTEELE@utorepas>.
[ . . . ]
I am afraid I did it again today. I responded to one of your notes
from Shaksper, and then found it went to your personal address.
This is going to be tough, since both your personal address and the
server address appear in the server headers. I am as familiar with
this problem as anyone, and yet still am as guilty as the others in
that I am sure I have sent several notes to the wrong address. The
REPLY function picks the address from the header, leaving no choice
to the user, and not notifying them of the address until SEND.
My original suggestion was that you log on to the server to email a
set of notes which should have the server as the return address, is
this still a real difficulty.
I think this should be posted, so the others won't feel so guilty -
and will realized even someone who is familiar with the system is a
maker of the same mistakes.
Perhaps another solution would be just to have us all write POSTING
as the first line of anything we want posted. mh
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Date: Mon, 03 Sep 90 16:26:58 EDT
From: Ken Steele <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Subject: Addressing Mail to SHAKSPER
[I should point out that I had no-one particular in mind when
writing my previous note...]
I will acknowledge that it may be difficult for members to alter the
destination of "replies," if members will recognize that it is not
possible for me to obtain another address at this node. Simplicity
is probably preferable, so let's simply agree on the following:
Anything sent to my address by a member of SHAKSPER will be presumed
public unless specifically identified as private. Anything sent to
SHAKSPER directly, or as a reply to a SHAKSPER mailing, will be presumed
public. I will do my best, of course, to exercise editorial judgement
when errors seem to have occurred. Members can circumvent the
fallibility of this judgement by explicitly including the word PUBLIC
or PRIVATE, at the beginning or end of a note.
Hopefully this compromise will be satisfactory and effective --
I certainly hate to waste valuable discussion time on such
administrivia.
Ken Steele
University of Toronto